Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design
Creator's tip (How to arrange it): Contrast = strong differences; alignment = lined-up edges; repetition = the same styles again. Proximity = related things close together; balance = even visual weight. Hierarchy = the most important thing biggest and first.
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- 1.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) a bright button on grey (b) the title is the largest (c) contact details together (d) one border on all pages
- 2.True or false: “contact details together” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
- 3.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) hierarchy (b) balance (c) repetition (d) contrast
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) dark text on light paper (c) black text on yellow (d) a bright button on grey
- 5.📐 Which design principle is this: “the title is the largest”? (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) contrast
- 6.Which of these shows contrast? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) white words on black (c) caption close to photo (d) captions on a grid
- 7.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows balance. (a) False (b) True
- 8.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) repetition
- 9.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) contrast
- 10.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
- 11.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) repetition (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) balance
- 12.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) balance (b) hierarchy (c) contrast (d) alignment
- 13.📐 Which design principle is this: “small print for details”? (a) contrast (b) balance (c) proximity (d) hierarchy
- 14.Which of these shows alignment? (a) both halves feel equal (b) related items grouped (c) captions on a grid (d) contact details together
- 15.📐 Which design principle is this: “matching heading styles”? (a) hierarchy (b) contrast (c) repetition (d) proximity
- 16.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) balance (d) proximity
- 17.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) balance (b) contrast (c) hierarchy (d) repetition
- 18.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) alignment (b) repetition (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
- 19.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) repetition (b) alignment (c) contrast (d) hierarchy
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) most important first (b) the title is the largest (c) small print for details (d) a centred, even layout
- 21.Which of these shows alignment? (a) caption close to photo (b) one border on all pages (c) the title is the largest (d) left edges lined up
- 22.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) hierarchy (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) contrast
- 23.True or false: “one border on all pages” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) caption close to photo (b) related items grouped (c) contact details together (d) left edges lined up
- 25.True or false: “both halves feel equal” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
- 26.Which of these shows balance? (a) both halves feel equal (b) the title is the largest (c) a bright button on grey (d) repeated bullet icons
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) matching heading styles (b) captions on a grid (c) left edges lined up (d) pictures in a neat line
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) black text on yellow (b) small print for details (c) most important first (d) the title is the largest
- 29.📐 Putting related things close together is … (a) hierarchy (b) balance (c) contrast (d) proximity
- 30.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) a bright button on grey (b) white words on black (c) both halves feel equal (d) small print for details
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) related items grouped (b) contact details together (c) caption close to photo (d) repeated bullet icons
- 32.📐 Which design principle is this: “dark text on light paper”? (a) proximity (b) balance (c) repetition (d) contrast
- 33.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows proximity. (a) False (b) True
- 34.Which of these shows proximity? (a) contact details together (b) a bright button on grey (c) a centred, even layout (d) white words on black
- 35.Which of these shows repetition? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) the title is the largest (c) white words on black (d) caption close to photo
- 36.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
- 37.True or false: “captions on a grid” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) contact details together (b) related items grouped (c) one border on all pages (d) caption close to photo
- 39.Which of these shows repetition? (a) a bright button on grey (b) a mirror-image layout (c) left edges lined up (d) matching heading styles
- 40.📐 Which design principle is this: “a mirror-image layout”? (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) hierarchy (d) balance
Answer key
- the title is the largest
- True
- balance
- pictures in a neat line
- hierarchy
- white words on black
- False
- hierarchy
- contrast
- False
- alignment
- balance
- hierarchy
- captions on a grid
- repetition
- alignment
- contrast
- contrast
- repetition
- a centred, even layout
- left edges lined up
- proximity
- False
- left edges lined up
- False
- both halves feel equal
- matching heading styles
- black text on yellow
- proximity
- small print for details
- repeated bullet icons
- contrast
- False
- contact details together
- repeated bullet icons
- False
- True
- one border on all pages
- matching heading styles
- balance
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